the chancellor is asked to cast her mind back to the mid-1990's when she was environment minister. the opposition claims that merkel and the rest of her party were determined to push through the nation's nuclear dump and that they ignored studies proposing other sites. >> critical scientists have expressed doubts of -- about the site's suitability. the decision to pursue the location was essentially political. >> the chancellor denies those claims, as do other members of her party. some are unable to contain their anger at the opposition. >> we had this experience during this parliamentary inquiry. even if it is written in black and white in the files, someone claims the opposite. >> since the late 1970's, every conservative government has wanted this nuclear waste site. only social democrats and greens have been opposed, yet they have never named an alternative. the left party says lessons must be learned for the future. >> i believe the inquiry has clearly shown how not to do such things. we need transparency from the outset. the public need to be involved. we need to hear critic